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If all that ritual chicken-slaughtering in Brooklyn hasn't tipped you off already, Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of Atonement, is almost here; starting at sundown tonight, observant Jews and those of us who fear our mothers' wrath will go without food or water for over 24 hours. It's a tough day all around, what with all the fasting and the praying and the guilt—so how do Jews survive it? Why, through the annual Yom Kippur Chunger Games, obviously.read more

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